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The Medicine Hat Tigers couldn’t complete the comeback Friday night. The Tigers scored with six minutes left to being themselves with one, ultimately falling 5-4 to the Edmonton Oil Kings at Co-op Place. Medicine Hat came into the game with a four-gane win streak, beating the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-1 on Monday. Tigers forward Gavin McKenna [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers get set for their last three-game weekend of the season. With 11 games left on the schedule, the Tigers will scratch three off the slate with a trio of contests, starting tonight at Co-op Place against the Edmonton Oil Kings. They’ll host the Kamloops Blazers on Saturday before heading to [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb No one has played more games for the Medicine Hat Cubs than Callen Prosofsky. Entering his final HJHL playoffs, he hopes to bring the Cubs a title for the first time since 2001. The Cubs’ captain holds the franchise record for games played in the orange and black with 145, surpassing former teammate Cooper [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs are starting their HJHL playoffs with a new-look compared to the last three seasons. The Cubs, who earned a first-round bye for the fourth year in a row, will start their push for the 14th title in franchise history, not at the friendly confines of the Kinplex, but instead on [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There are a lot of challenges for first-year players in the WHL, from bigger and stronger opponents, three-in-threes or the balance of school and hockey. For Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman Riley Steen, the biggest challenge has been the lack of humidity. The 16-year-old product of Victoria, B.C. had to make some changes in his [...] Read More »

HOUSTON (AP) — Petar Musa had a goal and an assist, Anderson Julio also scored a goal Saturday night and FC Dallas beat the Houston Dynamo 2-1 in the season opener for both teams. Julio, a 28-year-old who was acquired from Real Salt Lake via trade in December, chipped a shot from the edge of [...] Read More »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid got benched and the 76ers got beat at the horn. A season full of championship hopes has turned into a debacle for the 76ers, the latest blight came against Brooklyn on Saturday night when they lost their seventh straight game, this one on a buzzer-beating tip-in — and with Embiid [...] Read More »

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Collin Murray-Boyles scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds before fouling out and South Carolina put an emphatic end to a 13-game losing streak by knocking off Texas 84-69 on Saturday. The Gamecocks (11-16, 1-13), who lost their first 13 Southeastern Conference games, turned in an impressive performance against a team [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were in Saturday’s lineup for the Maple Leafs. The team’s superstar forwards had just gone toe-to-toe less than 48 hours earlier in an emotional, edge-of-your-seat 4 Nations Face-Off final in Boston. Marner set up Connor McDavid’s dramatic overtime winner that pushed Canada to a dramatic 3-2 victory against [...] Read More »

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Jayland Randall scored 20 points as Southern Indiana beat SIU-Edwardsville 82-68 on Saturday night. Randall also added five rebounds for the Screaming Eagles (10-18, 5-13 Ohio Valley Conference). Jack Mielke added 12 points and 13 rebounds. Jack Campion also had 12 points. The win broke a seven-game losing streak for the [...] Read More »